New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-30
FOG POSTPONES THE RACE.
A CRASH BETWEEN A STEAMER AND A TUG.
GRAvE-RUMoRED Loss or LIpE-rHE RACE
TO TAKE PLACE TO-DAY OVER THE

Nearly everybody expected that 1t would DO told to-
day how the Volunteer again defeated tho Thistle and
saved tho Americas Cup 1t Is not duo to the Thistle
that that story be told, and the fault lies not
with the peerless Volunteer Tho wind Is responsible
for It. There abundant lack Of It all day, Al
though there plenty Of sea- the presence Of which
was made manifest to many people BY informal feelings
as well as by external observation.
After the big feet Of excursion steamers, steam
yachts and tugs had tumbled and walowed in the big
rollers for couple Of hours waiting for the wind to
feshen the Regatta Committee tho flagship Electra
wisely concluded that It useless to walt bnger.
signal hoisted which, translated from nautical
language to plain English, read "The race IA post
pOned till tomorrow" Then the steamers and tugs
kicked up their heels and scurried away for home.
and the two yachts, tho Of all the fuss and COM
motion, deserted save for tho two tugs which
were towing them back to their anohorages.
THE UNLucKY OUTSIDE COURSE.
Tho New-York Yacht Clubs outside course IL gen.
orally the unucky in the big Cup raoes somehow
the big single sckers manage to thread the tortuous
blanketod course inside, in spite of fog rain hcS'e
ness OF wind tho crowding Of imannered tugs ana
steamboats,. But whom tho trial n set for tho open
ocean beyond whore tho wind should be freshest and
tho running freest. tho tugs whistle IN vain for
brrcze the dun SO, fog n hiding yachts Meet and
daesbip tho crowds turn for homo wot AMI savage,
and the race ends in nzzle before It even oeg1ns'
There WAS q touch however. Of tho bad luck that
ran the Empire State Sandy Hook year ago ana
gave her passengers ducking and comioruess night
on tho spit. by somo mistaken Judgment another
New England side wheeler, the new reight steamer
CITY of Brockton Of tho Fall River Line. camn into
collision with a harbor tug and knocked half dozen
OF tho tugs people overheard. big hole was stove
in the steamboat above the waterine but no ono was
badly hurt on her and she able to get down as FAR
as the Scotland ghshp to see the fute attempts Oh
the yachts to start
Tho tug was moro seriously damaged One pas
sengcr aboard her had his leg broken and tho rest
were badly shaken up Tho six men thrown over
board wero pickeu up. Whether any moro had bean
tostlcd over by the shock of the collision neither the
people on the tugboat those tho Brockton coul
say with certainty H. AZ ia probable, no lives have
been lost both boats escaped narrowly what camo near
proving one Of tho harbor disasters about New
York for many years. Tho story Of the collision Is
about follows:
HOW THE COLLISION OCCURRED.
The big propeller James c. HART, Of the Cor
nell Towing Companys boats had boon loaned for the
yacht races to tho officers OF tho Stonngton Line
Steamship Company. General Agent Edward DoveauX,
who lives in brooklyn, had sent out sXty-nvc In
vatons for yesterdays most Of tho guests being
members OF tho Kismet Temple secret order In
Brooklyn, In which Mr. Deveaux holds high rank.
AIonzo Brymer another official In the Temple looked
about sxty-fvo people board the Hart when
she steamed away from Jcwolls Wharf In the morning
The tug reached Sandy Hook about halfpast 10,
and running down toward the Scotland Eghtship
almost abreast OF the buoy off the Spit when tho City
Of Brockton fast freight boat. with about $50
Of the officers OF the Od Cobny Steamship Company
and their friends aboard, doomed up suddenly on the
propellcrs siarboard quarter. She was probably 80
feet east of the tug and rapidly overhaulng tho
Brooklyn party. II she had kept tho Same course rs
the Hartt all would have been right But without any
signals, the people the Hartt say, tho pilot OF the
old Colony steamboat starboarded his holm and at
tempted to the propcll e's bows
Tho big sido- wheeler had now run probably fny
feet ahesi Of tho HART, but tho two boats rush
ing rapidly toward each other. Tho tugs pilot
vcrsed his engines and tried to back at full speed
to clear the steamers stern. But tho suction OF
the great side wheeler too much for the propeller
Tho Hart was drawn into tho swirl OF the DrocktOn
like piece OF iron TO big magnet and In two seconds
tho crash came
TrMBLED orr THE TUG INTO THE WATER.
Tho steamer had fortunately got far enough ahead
to clear her side wheels and tho tugs bow butod into
her Sponsors, tho false plankIng betw,e. the guars
Just behind the wheel and the hull Tho BrocktOn's
engines kept going but the tug had stuck hor In
fast and could not be shaken Of Tho loo rail sank
under the water and the and starboar side
held high and dry out Of tho sea Tho people In tho
cabin and putLVuSe safe enough, but the port
slds OF tho tug where q lunch bong served. at
least four men wero tumbicd overheard at tho first
crash
Tho running rather heavily. and two big
waves In succession washed tho cstcror Bernard
Lynch, Of Westst, and his assistant, Meyer Rice, OF
HUDSON ana Spring sts., of tho deck Tho bow OF tho
Hart stove in and part of tho plot house
red away The furniture In the cabin was tossed out
lawyer In the Morse Building breaking his leg. There
were but six ladies' aboard and they all got safely up
tho side OF the city of Hrockton while the two boats
Nineteen
mem The rest held on TO what they could and waited
Tor some relief
picked up by small boat from the City OF iOckion,
Another, Adam ke-slcr, pull ell up by line, and
which came up ami pulled tho IIartt FREQ again Tho
other three swimmers were picked up nearly half
mile fom 'h CITY Of Brockton by the tug lila sinus
from Bay0nno. The caterer and his man were nearly
exhausted and would have drowned In few minutes.
Tho other castaway had life preserver and was doing
fairly we'll. There were no traces OF any her
drowning men about.
WAITING FOR THE RACE IN IIFE-PREsTRvERs.
The thirtyAvc people who stayed on tho Hart wero
towcd back 20 New-Yok City. The twenty-five on the
CT Of Brociton waited for tho There had been
almost panic on the Old Colony steamer. Nearly
everybody had a life pcserver Captain Davis
would say little about the accident yes eriay aftor
noon Ho thou ht the tug hal swerved In and 8 ruck
the steamer. Tho tus pc po have drawn up state
ment to present tho United STATES inspectors Of
Harbor Steamers. II Is signed by Charles L. Ter.
wuhgr the captain John A. Readon, the Sandy Hook
pilot aboard, and some forty odL OF the Passengers.
Among those on no tug at tho time OF tho collision
were Wsyland 1rask. Of No. 10 Wall-st; Edwin II.
tno Vwno, oI tue Grand Opera House, Brook
iyn; sidney 4. Wathor, IOiico Captain campbell, Of
tie First Prccinc.. BroOklyn, the Rev A. J. Sul
aptain j. W. Baulsi, IL. w. Fielding Chaitos barker,
LverpOoi And London and Ci0Do Insurance Com
pany; Commodore Whiting, OF the New-Yolk Yacht
Cub; l1ylhsston Crosby. Of Now-fork Frank Bad
win and Il. r. LaIrdbto. Mr. Miners brokon Log was
SET by surgeon aboard, AMI no was made comfort
able ~ possible In he tugs cabin. lie was taken In
an ambulance 10 his home la BrO0Iyn O. 500. tho
liaItt r,achod n .w-fork.
The Jug was towta up to tbs Stonng on Line Ifor
Ucr Low is a battered In. and tho timber, on her
, arboa lido crush d. Her owner, wero indig
Dant yesterday aftcrnOOL over wn-t they called the
culpablo carcessuo o the City Brock on pilo ia
trying to cut tho Hartt's bo"s WI hOuJ even
giving warning
EACH SIDE ACCUSING THE oTHEi.
A. d. Valentine, tho agsnt OF tho Cornell Towing
Company, said that the face OF the accident tho